breaches

Meaning of breaches

plural noun
  1. an act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.
    a breach of confidence
    they alleged breach of copyright
  2. a gap in a wall, barrier, or defence, especially one made by an attacking army.
    a breach in the mountain wall
verb, 3rd person present
  1. make a gap in and break through (a wall, barrier, or defence).
    the river breached its bank
  2. (of a whale) rise and break through the surface of the water.
    we saw whales breaching in the distance

Middle English: from Old French breche, ultimately of Germanic origin; related to break1.

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Hyphenation of breaches

breaches

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • breaches is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

breaches synonyms

Meaning an action which offends against a law, treaty, or other ruling:

contravention

Meaning the action of violating someone or something:

violation

Meaning separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain:

breaking

Meaning the action of breaking the terms of a law, agreement, etc.; violation:

infringement

Meaning an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offence:

transgression

Meaning the state of being uncared for:

neglect

Meaning the state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated:

dereliction

Meaning a violation or infringement of a law or agreement:

infraction

Meaning a violation of the law; a tort:

delict

Meaning a gap or opening:

break

Meaning a breach of a harmonious relationship:

rupture

Meaning a tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain:

split

Meaning a line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking apart:

crack

Meaning a crack or break in a hard object or material, typically a bone or a rock stratum:

fracture

Meaning a tenant's regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land:

rent

Meaning a crack, split, or break in something:

rift

Meaning a space or gap that allows passage or access:

opening

Meaning a break or hole in an object or between two objects:

gap

Meaning an aperture passing through something:

hole

Meaning a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth:

fissure

Meaning past and past participle of cleave1:

cleft

Meaning an opening, hole, or gap:

aperture

Meaning a woman's chest as measured around her breasts:

bust

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